The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for the 1890 Institution Teaching, Research, and Extension Capacity Building Grants (CBG) Program for fiscal year (FY) 2024 to strengthen research, teaching, and extension capacity needed to advance fundamental sciences as well as applied research and development in support of food and agricultural sciences at the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions.
Donor Name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/06/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The CBG Program, under Assistance Listing Number 10.216 is designed specifically to build the institutional teaching, research, and extension capacities of the eligible institutions through cooperative programs with Federal and non-Federal entities. The CBG Program is designed to achieve three major goals:
- Advance the cultural diversity of the food and agricultural sciences scientific and professional workforce by attracting and educating more students from underrepresented groups;
- Strengthen linkages among the 1890 Institutions, other colleges and universities, USDA, other Federal agencies, and private industry; and
- Enhance and strengthen the quality of teaching/education, research, and extension programs at the 1890 Institutions to establish them as full partners in the U.S. food and agricultural sciences higher education system.
Priority Areas
- Human health, nutrition security, obesity as it relates to nutrition, and human sciences
- Rural communities for the 21st century (expanded opportunities for small businesses and small farms)
- Bioenergy/biofuel and natural resources
- Sustainable agriculture
- Food safety
- Positive youth development
- Water quality
- Family and consumer sciences
- Global food security and agricultural biosecurity
- Environmental sciences and climate change
- Workforce development
- Climate smart agriculture
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $28,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $750,000
- Award Floor: $100,000
Project Period
- Professional Development: 12 months
- Standard/Collaborative: 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
Applications may only be submitted by eligible 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, including Tuskegee University, West Virginia State University, and Central State University (per Section 7129 of (Public Law 113-79) (7 U.S.C. 3152(d)(2). The eligible institutions are:
- Alabama A&M University
- Alcorn State University
- Central State University
- Delaware State University
- Florida A&M University
- Fort Valley State University
- Kentucky State University
- Langston University
- Lincoln University (MO)
- North Carolina A&T State University
- Prairie View A&M University
- South Carolina State University
- Southern University and A&M College
- Tennessee State University
- Tuskegee University
- University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
- Virginia State University
- West Virginia State University
For more information, visit Grants.gov.